Archie C. Black
Analyst · Needham & Company
Thanks, Nicole, and welcome, everyone. We delivered another great quarter. Revenue grew 20% to $32.5 million. Recurring revenue grew 22% and adjusted EBITDA was $4.7 million. Our market opportunity continues to grow as retailers and suppliers increase adoption of omnichannel strategies to better align with consumer demands. SPS' singular focus on the retail ecosystem enables us to clearly differentiate ourselves competitively in terms of our solutions, our engagement model and the business results we deliver for our trading partners. We're pleased with the quarter and feel good about our outlook for the rest of the year. We are executing successfully across a number of different fronts. Our sales teams continue to add new customers and deepen retailer relationships through the viral nature of our network. We continue to broaden our channels program, enabling us to move upmarket and connect larger suppliers to their trading partners. We're seeing more suppliers and partners integrate to RSX, which enables a quick onetime integration to our network. For example, zedSuite built a single integration between SAP Business One and our Universal Network to provide retailers and suppliers the industry's first SPS and SAP certified integration solution. And Oracle partner, Bristlecone, built applications integrating an SPS Universal Network as well. Our analytics suite also continue to fuel growth. We believe the opportunity within analytics is large and growing. More retailers are meeting the demands of their suppliers and sharing point-of-sale data in an effort to stay ahead of the competitive curve and meet consumer demands. The larger suppliers like Nike and Under Armour are driving this evolution. Using the data drives greater efficiency and increased sales. We're now seeing the same dynamic with other suppliers as they follow suit and embrace analytics for the same competitive reasons. For example, Neiman Marcus do not traditionally share point-of-sales data with their suppliers. Burberry, one of their larger suppliers, recognized the benefit of analytics and worked with Neiman Marcus to share their data. Once Neiman Marcus started sharing their data with Burberry, other suppliers who also see analytics as a competitive advantage, like Donna Karan, was then able to purchase analytics to use with Neiman Marcus. Our larger customers are also driving another dynamic within our network, international expansion. Recall that our international strategy has been to grow organically using our proving -- proven viral model to build out our global network. The pace at which this is happening is accelerating, with large global suppliers such as Jarden, adidas, Columbia, Dannon and Under Armour. We'll continue to build our international presence as opportunities emerge. We currently have offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Melbourne and Sydney. And just last month, we announced the expansion of our London office to help serve our current customers in that region. Outside of organically growing our international customer base, we're also taking advantage of M&A opportunities to help accelerate our leadership position. Last week, we announced the acquisition of Leadtec, which expands our presence in Australia. Leadtec brings key retailer relationships in Australia to the network and approximately 500 customers. We plan to expand our network in Australia as much as we have in North America by running enablement campaigns with these key retailers that feed the lead generation engine. We'll also be able to offer a suite of analytic solutions across the Australian supplier base to help drive greater collaboration with those retailers. We have spent years laying a foundation to capture the opportunity we see. Because of the viral nature of our network, the more we expand, the more value we provide to the retail ecosystem overall, which in turn drives the great momentum across our business. We have a huge opportunity in front of us. Our focus in retail has established SPS as industry experts among retailers and suppliers, and we're excited about our market leadership position that continues to expand across the globe. We'll continue to innovate around the platform, expand our network and take advantage of the omnichannel trends that are providing tailwinds to our growth. And now, I'll turn it over to Kim.